Bangkok Post
University student 'saved' after B400K digital arrest scam
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Police forced their way into a university student's room to warn her she was online to a scammer who had already cheated her out of 400,000 baht.
Key facts
- Police forced their way into a university student's room to warn her she was online to a scammer who had already cheated her out of 400,000 baht.
- Investigators from Bangkok's Din Daeng and Huai Kwang police stations b saved the second-year student from even heavier losses on Monday.
- The young woman, identified as 19-year-old "Han"
- Other scammers impersonated police officers during a video call and persuaded her to transfer money for investigation purposes, and she handed over about 400,000 baht in all.
Summary
Investigators from Bangkok's Din Daeng and Huai Kwang police stations b saved the second-year student from even heavier losses on Monday.
The young woman, identified as 19-year-old "Han" from Buri Ram province, studies at a university in the Din Daeng area and was initially deceived by a caller claiming that her name was linked to an online gambling case.